JAW959's Computer Building Thread of Extreme cigaretteotry.

[JAW959]

So I finally have some money coming in which means I can build me a new machine. I'm sad to say that in the coming weeks/months you all will probably be seeing lots of "Ogm compooter blewwwy" threads from me, I apologize in advance.

So I was poking around on Newegg (not loving with ebay) and I found a mess of parts, I could use recommendations on almost everything if you have an opinion, as it stands here's what I have.

Case & Power Supply:
Processor
Hard Drive
stuffty Keyboard & Mouse:
RAM
Motherboard


Bear in mind that I'm on somewhat of a budget.
Thanks in advance for any ideas/suggestions!

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[dkamm65]

What do you mean by "somewhat of a budget"?

That's a very vague guideline.

[Jorici]

What is your vidya card?

[HaloHalo]

What is your vidya card?

[JAW959]

What do you mean by "somewhat of a budget"?

That's a very vague guideline.

I guess I worded that stufftily, I'm just looking for middle of the road stuff for a gaming rig.

[Matteus]

I guess I worded that stufftily, I'm just looking for middle of the road stuff for a gaming rig.

Get Nvidia 260 GTX, has more memory than 460 GTX.

[JAW959]

Get Nvidia 260 GTX, has more memory than 460 GTX.

Eh?

[HaloHalo]

Get Nvidia 260 GTX, has more memory than 460 GTX.

But the 460 GTX will last him longer.

[Matteus]

Eh?

Well, it's good enough.
Just when I was looking through graphics cards a few days ago I saw the 460 GTX AND 260 GTX (I bought 260 GTX, 460 is gone).
Since they gave very little information on the boxes themselves, I'm only comparing what I saw.

If memory serves, 460 GTX had 790-something MB.
260 has 896MB.

Well, I'm not the best when it comes to comparing graphics cards but anything that will run VALVe games on high/highest settings will work for me (which 260 GTX seems to be capable of).

However, I have yet to see this for myself as I haven't installed it yet.

[Matteus]

But the 460 GTX will last him longer.

I feel kind of stupid now.
Eh, I don't need the best one evar!!1oine

Just one good enough for 2-3 years. Portal 2 is my main concern.

[dkamm65]

There's more to a graphics card than VRAM.

[devildogelite]

What the forget is with people suggesting the gtx 260 all the time?

I feel kind of stupid now.
Eh, I don't need the best one evar!!1oine

Just one good enough for 2-3 years. Portal 2 is my main concern.

The 460 and the 260 are roughly the same price

[Matteus]

What the forget is with people suggesting the gtx 260 all the time?

It's just me, lulz.

It was the best Nvidia card avaidible at my local PC World store.
I can't order online right now, anyways, so I couldn't get the 480 GTX (which would've costed an extra 100 euros anyways).